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Reviews of the top geek movies, tv, and books in the industry.
Movie Review: 'Maudie'
I’ve never been a fan of the heartstring tuggers. I find such things cloying and manipulative and I am far too cynical such things. And yet, even I am not immune to having my heartstrings tugged. The recently released biopic Maudie, starring the lovely Sally Hawkins, plucked every string like a classic string quartet. The story of real life Nova Scotia-based artist Maude Lewi,s who achieved minor fame in the 1950s for her homespun paintings, is the rare tear-jerker with the cinematic skill to back up the uplift.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
H'ween Horrorthon: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
"The film which you are about to see is an account of the tragedy which befell a group of five youths, in particular Sally Hardesty and her invalid brother, Franklin. It is all the more tragic in that they were young. But, had they lived very, very long lives, they could not have expected nor would they have wished to see as much of the mad and macabre as they were to see that day. For them an idyllic summer afternoon drive became a nightmare. The events of that day were to lead to the discovery of one of the most bizarre crimes in the annals of American history, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre."Opening narration for the film.
By Carlos Gonzalez8 years ago in Geeks
Box Office Gold or Bust 'Kingsman: The Golden Circle'
On Thursday, September 21, I saw an early screening of the sequel to the amazing sharp-dressed action-comedy Kingsman. I had high hopes for the movie, since the first was one of my favorite films of all time. Kingsman is known for being high-octane, fun-filled and entertaining. Did The Golden Circle meet my expectations?
By Etienne S.8 years ago in Geeks
What Freedom Really Means
What is true self knowledge? Have you ever felt like a unicorn in a field of ponies? I think that we mostly perceive ourselves as different from others. In this case I’m going to give a couple of different hypotheses; the first is that, yes, we are that unicorn in a field of ponies but that's because our self-worth reflects that we recognize ourselves as this unique being. In the instance that this is true, we define ourselves worthy of that recognition. Secondly, maybe we feel that we are a pony in a field of unicorns and we may not value ourselves to a certain degree. In this case, self-knowledge is recognizing who you are because of how you perceive yourself against others.
By Kenya Carpenter8 years ago in Geeks
My Review of Fairy Tail
When I start talking about Fairy Tail the anime, people usually think that I'm talking about a fairy tale like Red Riding Hood or The Little Mermaid. However, this review isn't on fairy tales that our parents read to us for bedtime stories. This is actually my review on Fairy Tail and what it's about, why I like it, and why I recommend it to people who are just getting into anime. So here we go.
By Katelyn Petty8 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Stronger'
Stronger stars Jake Gyllenhaal as Jeff Bauman, a man who lost his legs to the bombing at the 2013 Boston Marathon. Before the marathon, Jeff was just an anonymous Costco employee who loved the Red Sox and wanted to reconcile with his girlfriend Erin (Tatiana Maslany) who dumped him because he rarely showed up when he was supposed to. On April 15, 2013, Jeff finally showed up at the Boston Marathon in the hope that his homemade sign cheering Erin on to the finish line might win her back.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Friend Request' . Top Story - September 2017.
Friend Request is yet another failed attempt to combine social media and horror. It really shouldn’t be that hard to combine the two when you consider the daily horrors that social media enacts upon us when we simply pick up our phones, but filmmakers have thus far made the combination look impossible. Social media has numerous innate existential horrors that could be exploited by a smart filmmaker but the question seems to come back to how you can exploit that for a body count and so far no one has been able to pull that off.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Classic Movie Review: 'When Harry Met Sally'
The classic on this week’s Everyone is a Critic podcast is When Harry Met Sally, director Rob Reiner’s 1989 romantic comedy that arguably set the template for every romantic comedy that came after it. Reiner, whose The Princess Bride turns 30 this weekend and inspired our podcast to focus on Reiner’s work, directed When Harry Met Sally from a script by Nora Ephron who would go on to take the mantel of the leading voice in romantic comedies in Hollywood throughout the 90’s and early 2000’s.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Lego Ninjago'
Lego Ninjago has not one single laugh. It has amusing moments but not a single instance of induced laughter. And I am not just speaking for myself here. The audience I watched Lego Ninjago with was really ready to laugh and you could hear some forced attempts at trying to laugh but as the movie went on even those that kept smiling and trying to find what was happening in Lego Ninjago funny weren’t laughing. It was strange; there was no outward disdain for Lego Ninjago but there weren’t any laughs.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
